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Historical Event on 1/25/1994

Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.